I'm dizzy like I'm drunk and nauseated. Now, it was time to take my dinner pills. The next thing I remember was sliding back to the cart to be wheeled to the recovery room. Has anyone struggled with breathing issues post TT? Within 2 hours I got up to use the restroom and asked if I could take a couple laps around the ICU, which the nurse allowed me to do by attaching a portable monitor to a wheelchair that I pushed. Ultrasound revealed another Lymphnode near Thryoid bed that is 1.5cm (Where did that come from, could it be enlarged due to surgery? So not going to lie, recovery from that absolutely sucked for about 10 days - lots of dizziness, tiredness, general throat and neck pain and uncomfortableness - and I didn't get my drains out for 2 weeks post surgery, which was another great addition to such an extensive surgery. At about 6:45pm the anesthesiologist came in, asked a few questions and said he was hoping for my surgery to start at around 7pm. 2010. Pain medication doesn't agree with him. The other doctor did about 45 thyroidectomies per year. Post thyroidectomy neck pain after endoscopic thyroidectomy. I did the thyrogen shots instead of going off of my synthroid, so if you have that option, would 100% do it. Four weeks after her surgery, the patient presented to our clinic. Anyway, I was in a pretty good mood and was really pleased with how I generally felt and was ecstatic the surgery was over. But, pre-op doesn't have those units because most people are only in pre-op for a short time. No idea why this report was 2cm and ultrasound showed 3cm. Now I am two months post thyroidectomy (and 1.5 weeks pre-RAI) and I am experiencing throbbing, stabbing (on and off for the past few hours) ear pain in my right ear. Find other members in this community to connect with. We called our local ent (who did the thyroidectomy in 2013) he was out of the office & since the ENT who did the most recent surgery of his lymph nodes is in Cleveland ( 3 hour drive for us ) so I took him over the the emergency room. I had RAI in first week of Feb and started with 150 mg of levothyroxin, which was reduced to 125 mg last week after my first follow up. I was hospitalized and bored out of my skull till Friday May 7th when they released me (I had to get my levels to less than 7mr/hour at 1 meter). The patient was diagnosed with Horners syndrome, a disorder characterized by pupil constriction, eyelid drooping, eye protrusion and lack of sweating on one side of the face caused by damage of the ipsilateral cervical sympathetic chain. Chyle leak is a rare complication of thyroid surgery. The mass was softball size and the cancerous tumor was 4.8 cm follicular cancer with hurthle cell varient, since August 2012 I have had a partial thyroidectomy, TT 2 weeks later, RAI 157 mc October 17th, modified neck dissection Nov. 27th and now it's the waiting from blood test to body scans and getting the meds adjusted just right, a lot of side effects with Levothyroxin. On the Aug 18 I had my 2nd Stapendectomy surgery with Dr C2. Furlan AD, Yazdi F, Tsertsvadze A, Gross A, Van Tulder M, Santaguida L, Cherkin D, Gagnier J, Ammendolia C, Ansari MT, Ostermann T, Dryden T, Doucette S, Skidmore B, Daniel R, Tsouros S, Weeks L, Galipeau J. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). It continued for maybe a couple of weeks and always took me by surprise. In the morning they brought me what I asked for for breakfast (Cherios, yogurt, and apple juice). It kind of made me mad and I felt a bit taken advantage of that during a time of such crisis they were asking for payment up front. Keep in mind that a good history and physical examination are beneficial for early diagnosis and education of the patient with this complication. 2. Exercise therapy for office workers with nonspecific neck pain: a systematic review. I had compression stockings on that kept me up, noise like crazy in the ICU, nurses and doctors coming in, 2 IV (one in each arm), and a blood pressure monitor going off every hour. He switched my meds from levothyroxin to synthroid and I noticed a big difference the first day! I am not sure if TMJ or other dental problem vs the salivary glands. Regarding the pain levels and my voice. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of your neck. Ask for prayers. I am usually not one to write on here because It is my husband who had thyroid cancer in 2013 & most recently a neck dissection on his right side they removed 31 lymph nodes & thankfully only 1 was cancer. My surgeon has me taking 500mg calcium with vit.D along with Tums for my parathyroids (they were left intact during the surgery, but my doctor put me on the calcium as a precaution). This is my biggest problem at the moment, not being able to work out is making me sit here and lose my mind. You will experience some discomfort at the incision site as well as a raw or sore throat from the breathing tube that . That was attributed the nodules and the cancer. None for cancer, but enough to make me a believer in getting a second opinion. While, thicker things like ice cream and yogurt move down more slowly. Total or near-total thyroidectomy: This involves the removal of all or most of the thyroid gland.This surgery is often indicated for large thyroid cancers, large goiters, and Graves' disease. The surgery went well but do to low calcium and magnesium levels (parathyroid(s) where not fully functioning) I was kept in the hospital for 2 days to ensure my parathyroids were maintaining proper levels. I have always preferred water at room temperature. He also said that the CT scans looks real good and would tell me more in December time frame. The only problem I had with the surgery was hiccups that lasted about 10 days, I was told this was due to the tube they put down your throat during anesthesia. I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer over the summer and received a total thyroidectomy and bilateral neck dissection two months ago. I can't imagine home hard that would be in the neck. Our plan had been for him to get a hotel room to use as a day room while I was in surgery and to use it if they released me way late in the evening. Calcium level 1 day post TT dropped a bit but so far no tingling sensation on the cheeks / jaw, fingers or around my lips, but i'll know more about after my next blood work in a couple of weeks. She also gave me hints to help minimize the surgical scar. I went to bed and slept until 445 am when I took some Tylenol and went back to sleep until 730am. I have been drinking a lot more water because of the dry mouth condition and always wake up with an extremely dry mouth. Health care providers perform thyroidectomy to treat thyroid disorders. 2022 Oct-Dec;18(4):641-642. doi: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_174_21. The result of the biopsy concluded Papillary Carcinoma. All internal stitches and only steri-strip on the outside. ; Hemithyroidectomy or thyroid lobectomy: This involves the removal of one of the two lobes of the thyroid gland. 2003 May 21;289(19):2509-16. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.19.2509. I was visibly nervous, so my anesthesiologist provided me with some drugs to calm my nerves (they later said it did not calm my heart rate one bit), but as I was wheeled to the OR I felt much calmer. After two weeks I just showered and shampooed normally. While doing the setup for the Stapendectomy preparation Dr H. noticed I had a lump in my throat and sent me in for further testing. RAI was determined to be unnecessary, though I see my oncologist every 3 months (had one scare where some of my lymph nodes blew up necessitating a CAT scan last year), my endocrinologist every 6 months, and have my neck ultrasounded every 6 months. In January I was beginning to have a hypersensitive gag reflex. The moment was really intense, as I didn't have a clue what to expect over the next several hours. On the 4th of May 2010 I was back at Madigan for a radiation count on my thyroid followed by my second uptake dose of radiation (RI-123 UPTAKE) 2.8 mCi I-123 t1/2= 13.2 hours FOIA My partner was waiting in the lobby and then I was moved to my room just before 11pm. It took me a bit to realize that it was now 11pm. At last a surgeon came in and had me sign the forms. [4] I asked if I could turn my head (I have no idea why I asked if that was OK, I just did) and I was told, If you can tolerate it. She gave me a few homework assignments Head and Eye (vor), some walking exercises and habituation (brandt-daroff) exercises Would you like email updates of new search results? But, I wasn't really all that coherent, so I asked if I could have some water (remember, nothing to eat or drink from midnight the night before so, I'm getting on 23 hours without food or drink) CRUSHED GLASS IN ACID MIXED WITH GRAVEL couldn't have felt that horrible. So, seriously, take the stool softener. She was initially seen at an outside hospital where she was found to have a nodule in the left thyroid lobe and a metastatic node in the lateral neck, left level II. It is found in the front lower part of your neck. Suffice to say, I was very disoriented for about the next 10 minutes. 5) Does the TSH suppression level really effect the possibility of spread? The surgery before me was running late and the clock just kept getting later and later. Hello, Finally, I told the nurse I was overheating and she suggested taking off the leg squeezing devices. At the end of the first week, the NPDS scores (mean [SD] = 8.82 [12.23] vs. 30.28 [12.09]), neck sensitivity scores (median [IR] = 0 [.75] vs. 2.00 [4.0]) and pain levels with neck movements (median [IR] = 0 [2.0] vs. 3.5 [5.75]) of the stretching exercise group were significantly lower than those of the control group. 8600 Rockville Pike I was advised to see an endo ASAP. I'm no singer but I do talk too much, so I was really worried I wouldn't be able to do so for an extended period of time. Yeah! Ear surgery went well on the 19th I started getting my hiccups and those lasted 7 days I did manage to get an ear infection on Friday Aug 20 and by Sunday evening I was at max allowed pain meds and it wasnt helping. Cheers. He is now also seeing a doctor at cleveland clinic who specializes in thyroid cancer. 7 weeks after TT and like 2 weeks after RAI. Those are the same medications they give you for a colonoscopy. Nothing too bad though, and apparently I had the biggest dose you can give without being hospitalized, so most people will be getting less. I didnt get to see the Drs who did the surgery the Dr I did see told me to hold off on the CT scan and to go back to it if the vestibular training doesnt work. Ask to be checked with a Geiger counter to determine when you are safe to be around your family. They said they caught it early though and think they were both stage one cancers. Mostly because this disease caused a huge disruption in my life.